MEXICO. Durango, Cuencame. Muera Huerta. AR peso. 25.88 gm. 38 mm. 1914. Eagle, wings spread, a snake in its beak; EJERCITO CONSTITUCIONALISTA around above; MUERA HUERTA below; continuous border around / Cap and rays; ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS around, 1914 below; dot-dash border around. KM 622. "PCGS Genuine, Harshly Cleaned AU Detail" (for all of that, it is an attractive and particularly well struck piece). PCGS Certification #44873279.

The Zabel Collection.

Jose Victoriano Huerta was a general in the Mexican Federal Army who became Mexico's 39th president as a result of leading a successful conspiracy against the democratically elected Francisco Madero who was assassinated in the process. The violent usurpation resulted in armed conflict and the Mexican Revolution. Huerta died in a US prison in El Paso in 1916.